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Salut, Italie!

15 August 2019

Franco-Italian ties are unusually frosty. How far can drinks, diplomacy and a dancefloor go towards warming relations?

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The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration, aka the Peace Palace, houses a crack team striving to resolve international disputes and bring about world peace. It may sound idealistic, but its services are increasingly in…

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Safe and sound?

2 October 2014

The UN Security Council is the iconic roundtable heart of diplomacy that decides when to act on some of the globe’s most pressing issues. But is the historic body still fit for purpose? We paid a visit to its HQ to find out…

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Strained relations

21 October 2010

Fatima Bhutto is part of Pakistan’s great political dynasty. She has seen both her grandfather and aunt killed after they served as the country’s prime minister. Her uncle is the current president, but rather than support…

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Diplomacy

19 May 2015

Stepping into the office of Adrian Farrell, Ireland's consul general to Texas and the Midwest.

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Safe and sound?

9 September 2014

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Art International Radio

15 July 2010

Art International Radio is an internet radio station based in the Clocktower in lower Manhattan, a building famous for having been at the centre of New York’s art scene in the 1970s and 1980s. At the helm is Alanna Heiss…

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Defence

15 November 2018

Trouble in Afghanistan, Mexico and Canada make a deal, plus China’s new toy.

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Oceania

21 March 2013

Australia scales down its military, French Polynesia has a big day ahead, and New Zealanders jump ship.

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Defence

17 May 2018

Why modern militaries are offering cushy perks to recruits and the Thai military’s surprising new mascot.

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Expo 77: Hope for the best

15 September 2014

Forged in the wake of war, Unesco stands tall as a bastion of peace and principle. Monocle visited its modernist headquarters in Paris to discover an institution dedicated to optimism despite brutal funding cuts and a…

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The Briefing - How could the Indonesian election affect foreign relations?

13 February 2024

Joost Hiltermann of the International Crisis Group discusses mounting international pressure on Israel for a Gaza ceasefire. Plus: a look ahead to Indonesia’s presidential election and a flick through the papers with Fer…

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So long, Serbia

17 March 2008

On 17 February the Assembly of Kosovo declared independence and the war-torn state became free from Serbian rule. Monocle was there as the people hit the streets. Also, overleaf, Nader Mousafizadeh, former special assistant…

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The Briefing - The internal battle to be the next Nato secretary-general

18 June 2024

After Biden praises the outgoing Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg, we look at what his probable successor, former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, might have to do to secure the backing of Hungary. Elsewhere, South…

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Divided we stand

17 May 2008

Its role in Darfur is seen as a failure. It has almost no role in the Middle East. The UN has a colourful history of international diplomacy, but now, as its officials turn on the secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, the confl…

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Maine contender

10 July 2015

Tristan McAllister reporting from Bangor: Transatlantic flights in need of an emergency stop head for Bangor International Airport. But today it’s not only suspicious passengers finding themselves heading into town: people…